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1857年由兩位兄弟喬梵．貝提斯塔及嘉泰諾．貝塔尼成立於維若納(Verona)城北的瓦潘提納 Quinto di Valpantena。當時嘉泰諾已經是位釀酒專家，且於拜師法國最偉大的釀酒專家之一哥由教授(Professor Guyot)學習新式的釀酒技藝。草創時期，即受當時革新技術的鼓舞，在瓦潘提納(Valpantena)及梭亞斐(Soave)所擁有的葡萄園內，採用最先進的葡萄栽種及釀製技術，同時十分尊重在地風土條件及農業傳統。 由於高度專業及優良品質加上對商業的敏銳度及行銷力，兩兄弟很快地在當地聲名大噪。貝塔尼酒廠為了解義大利瓶裝酒價值的先驅之一，大量投資於葡萄園及酒窖並出口優值的葡萄酒至世界各地，截至19世紀末，旗下葡萄酒已横越大西洋，深入美國各主要城市。因對卓越品質的堅持，曾榮獲義大利皇室頒贈象徵非凡品質的標章，1870年維若納(Verona)農業及藝術商業學院，特別挑選為農業模範公司代表，其對單一品種葡萄園引進及新式葡萄藤架技術的專業模式很快地成為此家族企業的精神商標。此外酒廠也因精釀優異品質的梭亞斐(Soave)在1937年被挑選為英國喬治六世加冕典禮酒款而享譽全球。

 

20世紀中葉，酒廠在伐坡里契拉(Valpolicella)採購雄偉壯麗的Villa Novare葡萄園，在這220英畝的莊園，貝塔尼花了50年的研究計劃終於得以開花結果，釀製一款恆久雋永的酒款，這便是阿瑪羅尼紅酒(Amarone) 故事的誔生－一款象徵風土條件的濃郁酒款，首釀年份為1958年。致力於參加國內外各項酒展活動，將新的科技引荐給世人，除改善傳統釀製技術、專注品質的提昇，郤不曾改變酒的本質。身為義大利葡萄酒協會(Union of Italiana Vini – Italian Wine Association) 創辦會員之一，這是全國最大的葡萄酒分析及實驗檢定單位，目前仍成功地保持作為酒業發展的精神指標。

 

The Bertani wine company was founded in 1857 by two brothers, Giovan Battista and Gaetano Bertani, in Quinto di Valpantena to the north of Verona. Gaetano was already a wine-making expert, having learned the new techniques in France under Professor Guyot, who is still considered today to have been one of the greatest wine-making experts of all time. The start of the Bertani brothers’ work coincided with a new spirit of innovation which inspired them to use the latest production techniques, in both grape-growing and wine-making; they applied these techniques to all the vineyards they owned at the time, in the Valpantena and in the Soave area, but always respecting the territory and local agricultural traditions.The two brothers immediately became famous throughout the Verona area for their high degree of professionalism and the quality of their wines, as well their business acumen and entrepreneurial skills. It was one of the first companies in Italy to understand the value of bottled wine; right from the start major investments were made in the vineyards and the cellars in order to bottle and export Italian quality around the world with Bertani wines, which by the end of the 19th century were already crossing the Atlantic to be enjoyed in many cities of the United States.

In 1923, thanks to this commitment and to the quality of its wines, Bertani was rewarded with the symbol of the excellence it had achieved: the Royal Warrant issued by the Italian Royal Family. For this constant commitment to grape-growng and wine-making, the Verona Academy of Agriculture, Arts and Commerce singled out Bertani in 1870 as a model agricultural company thanks to its professionalism, the introduction of single-variety vineyards and new vine training systems, which immediately became the trademark of the family’s entrepreneurial spirit. But that is not all: Bertani wines became so famed for their excellence that Soave was on the menu at the Coronation of King George VI of England in 1937.In the mid-20th century, with the purchase of the magnificent Villa Novare in the Valpolicella, together with its 220-hectare estate, Bertani finally brought to fruition a 50-year research project aimed at producing “The Wine”, a wine born to live for ever. It is here that the story of Amarone starts, an intense wine that is the symbol of the land from which it is born; the first vintage was 1958.

Participation in national and international wine fairs, new research and the introduction of new techniques to improve on tradition without ever altering its nature, attention above all to quality (Bertani is one of the leading founder members of the Unione Italiana Vini - Italian Wine Association - , which boasts the largest wine analysis and certification laboratories in the country), these are still today the guidelines driving the development of a company that has successfully kept its spirit of initiative alive over the years.